Once the duel between Monterrey vs. InterMiami, With the victory of the Liga MX squad, the semifinals of the Concachampions 2024 were defined and where, together with Rayados, América and Pachuca, the Mexican teams make a crowd to the monarch of Major League Soccer (MLS, Columbus Crew, who is the only representative of North American soccer in these instances of the tournament governed by Concacaf.
The same thing that Monterrey did about Inter Miami, America replicated it on the New England Revolution, as well as Pachuca against Herediano of Costa Rica and perhaps the biggest surprise with the Columbus Crew over the Tigres de la UANL in a penalty shootout series.
Without a doubt, the presence of the three teams of the Mexican football tournament, It represents a point in favor in this new rivalry that has been generated between the squads of both leagues and that year after year seeks to demonstrate that the competition maintains a high level of football.
Striped big time
Beyond the fact that Rayados de Monterrey already has in its possession one of the available tickets for the next FIFA Club World Cupthe team led by Fernando “Tano” Ortiz, will want to reach this competition with a high level of football, which is why it will try to leave the current MLS champion Columbus Crew on the road, which without making much noise and with a style up to Sometimes stubborn, with little spark, he has taken advantage of his conditions to place himself in the prelude to the Concachampions final.
Their rival will once again be a Monterrey team like Monterrey, after leaving the UANL Tigres on the road last Tuesday in a series of penalties 4-3, but with the exception that “La Pandilla” arrives with all the flags displayed after eliminating Lionel Messi’s complicated team , Inter Miami, in a duel where at the end of the day, the Rayados squad clearly won with a 3-1 (5-2 overall), which places them with the label of favorites against the state team of Ohio.
Mexican flavor
After the spectacular demonstrations of America on the New England Revolution and Pachuca over Herediano in Costa Rica, without a doubt the Mexican dish between Águilas and Tuzos, promises emotions in abundance and without a doubt, to one of the representatives of the Liga MX most committed to the Conachampions title.
America, led by Brazilian André Jardine, beat the Massachusetts team with a 9-2 overall score that clearly demonstrates the way the current Liga MX champion has taken on the Concacaf competition, trying to add another title to its long history of success.
In front of them they will have Pachuca led by the Uruguayan Guillermo Almada, who has also had a high performance in this competition with victories over the Philadelphia Union team of the MLS and the Herediano of Costa Rica, where the Venezuelan Salomón Rondón and the Dutchman of Moroccan origin Oussama Idrissi, have supported a team full of players from the Tuzos quarry and that has them competing both in the Concachampions in the run-up to the title and in the Clausura 2024 tournament of the Liga MX, where they are approaching the league for the championship .
So looking at the panorama, they say that three is a crowd and in this sense Columbus Crew will have to stand up for the MLS or finally let the 2024 edition of the Concacaf tournament have a Mexican flavor.
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